One dead as police foil robbery attack on Benin-Lagos road
The Edo State Police Command has foiled a robbery incident along the Benin-Lagos expressway, killing one of the armed robbers in the encounter.
According to DSP Nwabuzor, on 04/02/2020, at about 0430hrs, police patrol team led by the Divisional Police Officer, Okada Division, while acting on a distress call that hoodlums were operating along Benin-Lagos Expressway between Fulani Junction and Bob Izua Market, they quickly mobilized to the scene.
Meanwhile, the command also arrested five persons allegedly parading themselves as men of the Nigerian Army in the state.Parading the suspects in Benin, the state’s Police spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspects were arrested in Army camouflage uniforms while posing as serving officers of the Nigeria Army.
According to him, the Police mobilised to the scene and arrested five of the suspects who confessed to being fake Army officers.
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